Name______________________
Date_____                              


Circle line tours, Inc.

Our motto: A NEW TRIP EVERY TIME

     You have a new job as the circulation manager for the Circle Line Tour Company.  They have been giving tours of the human body for over one million years.  In you  new job, you are to rewrite the travel brochures and places of interest articles throughout the circulatory system.  Your office, in the right atrium, is in the heart of the company's operation. Continuous travel is one of the perks of your job. Every trip begins and ends at the Right atrium.

            Choose who you want to be (Erythrocyte "Red" Jones, "Whitey" Leukocyte or Peter Platelet), where you want to go (2 destinations) and how you will present your information. :

 

This table will make your choices.

Who Will You Be:

 

Choose 1

Where Will You Go:

 

Choose 2

 

What Will You Write:

 

Choose 1

Erythrocyte “Red” Jones

Small Intestine

Travel Article


Biceps(muscle)

Brain

Brochure

“Whitey” Leukocyte

Liver

Stomach

Letter (Business or Friendly)

Peter Platelet

Kidney

Lung

Series of at least 2 postcards (one from each place visited)

Big Toe (cell)

Be sure to explain:

·  Who you are and where you were born.

·  How you will be traveling around. Be especially careful with this one if you choose to be Whitey.

·  Where you will be going as you travel ( vessels, chambers etc.). You must include both destination sin your essay.

·  Who you met that influenced your journey (valves, clots, cell types, deposits etc.)

·  The changes you went through due to the nature of your job.

·  All the jobs which will need to be done when you reach your destination.

·  Any dangers or disease you could be exposed to on your trips.

Your grade will depend upon your understanding of human anatomy, the circulatory system, how it is organized and how it works.  You effort in completing the assignment and your creativity will also be important. See attached grading sheet. This web site will help you:  http://www.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html


NOTES:

Who are you?

Where were you born?

 

 

How you will be traveling around. Be careful with this one if you choose Whitey

What dangers or diseases you could be exposed to on your trip

 

 

Answer the rest for both destinations….

Destination 1

Destination 2

Where you will be going as you travel (vessels, chambers, etc.) Remember to start and end in R atrium-

Where you will be going as you travel (vessels, chambers, etc.) Remember to start and end in R atrium-

 

 

Who you met that influenced your journey (valves, clots, cell types, deposits, etc.)

Who you met that influenced your journey (valves, clots, cell types, deposits, etc.)

 

 

What changes you went through due to the nature of your job

What changes you went through due to the nature of your job

 

 

 

 

What jobs need to be done when you reach your destination

 

 

 

 What jobs need to be done when you reach your destination

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

Grading Sheet

Name______________________                                   DUE DATE_________
 

Hand this in with your assignment or -10%

 

 

____________Creativity: I will look for creative descriptions, not a lot of terminology. Post cards /brochures should include pictures, cartoons or drawings.  You may chose to include picture with your letter if you wish.(15 pts)

 

____________Scientific accuracy (5 pts)

 

___________ Detail : Answers to the 7 questions must be correct, clear and concise. (3 pts each one) (21 points)

·         Who you are and where you were born.

·         How you will be traveling around. Be especially careful with this one if you choose to be Whitey.

·         Where you will be going as you travel (vessels, chambers etc.). You must start each journey in the R atrium and return there at the end of your trip.

·         Who you met that influenced your journey (valves, clots, cell types, deposits etc.)

·         The changes you went through due to the nature of your job

·         All the jobs which will need to be done when you reach your destinations. ( Both destinations)

·         Any dangers or diseases you could be exposed to on your trips.

___________ Neatness: Assignment must be typewritten or written without cross-outs (no pencil and no spiral notebook paper). It should look like a real postcard/letter/brochure (5 pts)

 

___________Grammar and spelling (5 pts)